CAREER NOTES: Fourth-year player and two-year letterwinner has started at left tackle the past two seasons . . . has seen action in 27 games, including 26 starts (23 consecutive at left tackle) . . . has only allowed 2.5 sacks in 27 career games . . . former walk-on was awarded a scholarship in January 2013.

2014 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Second-team All-Big Ten selection (coaches and media) . . . first-team All-Big Ten pick by BTN.com and second-team pick by Athlon Sports and Phil Steele . . . named a fourth-team All-American by Athlon Sports . . . named to CollegeFootballNews.com All-Sophomore Team . . . led team with 104.5 knockdowns, including nine dominators, and played a team-high 868 snaps during the regular season . . . only allowed 2.5 sacks all season . . . helped contain Baylor All-American defensive Shawn Oakman to just three tackles as MSU gained 238 rushing yards on the nation's No. 9 rushing defense in the win over the fourth-ranked Bears in the 2015 Cotton Bowl Classic . . . graded out the highest (83 percent) among Spartan offensive linemen during the regular season . . . named one of 10 semifinalists for the Burlsworth Trophy (awarded to former walk-on) . . . was featured on the Outland Trophy Watch List (nation's most outstanding interior lineman) . . . was selected Spartan Offensive Lineman of the Week a team-high four times (vs. Rutgers, Purdue, Wyoming and Jacksonville State) during the regular season . . . had 9.5 knockdowns at Penn State, including two dominators . . . selected Spartan Offensive Lineman of the Week vs. Rutgers after MSU scored 45 points and racked up 520 yards of total offense in the win over the Scarlet Knights . . . graded out the highest among Spartan offensive lineman (92 percent) vs. No. 14 Ohio State while being matched up for most of the game against Big Ten sack leader Joey Bosa; recorded 10.5 knockdowns and helped limit Bosa to just one tackle . . . led the team with a career-best 15 knockdowns in the win over Michigan . . . led the Spartans with 10 knockdowns at Indiana as MSU rushed for 330 yards . . . named Spartan Offensive Player of the Week after producing a team-best nine knockdowns at Purdue as MSU rushed for 294 yards and didn't allow a sack for the fourth straight game . . . named Spartan Offensive Lineman of the Week after recording 12.5 knockdowns vs. Wyoming as MSU rushed for 338 yards and didn't allow a sack . . . tallied four knockdowns vs. Eastern Michigan as MSU rushed for 336 yards and didn't allow a sack . . . posted the highest grade among Spartan offensive lineman at No. 3 Oregon; had five knockdowns, including two dominators, against the Ducks . . . named Spartan Offensive Lineman of the Week after recording nine knockdowns, including two dominators, in the season opener vs. Jacksonville State, as MSU racked up 565 total yards.

2013 SEASON (RED-SHIRT FRESHMAN): Started 13 games (10 at left tackle; three at right tackle) and saw action in all 14 games in his first season . . . named first-team Freshman All-American by Sporting News, CollegeFootballNews.com and the Football Writers Association of America . . . named to ESPN.com Big Ten All-Freshman Team . . . Academic All-Big Ten selection . . . recipient of MSU's Outstanding Underclass Lineman Award (offense) . . . was credited with 55 knockdowns during the regular season . . . recorded a team-high five knockdowns against Minnesota . . . had a career-high eight knockdowns against Illinois . . . collected six knockdowns at Nebraska . . . recorded six knockdowns vs. Purdue . . . had seven knockdowns against Indiana . . . started his first game at left tackle at Iowa . . . started at right tackle the first three games of the season (vs. Western Michigan, South Florida and Youngstown State) . . . also saw action at left tackle in the first four games . . . started in his collegiate debut vs. Western Michigan; played 74 snaps against the Broncos and recorded 5.5 knockdowns . . . was a preferred walk-on for the 2012 season and earned a scholarship in the spring of 2013.